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Leighton Let Lead Slip Earning Themselves a Point
A first half goal by Alkali Darboe secured a point for Leighton against Uxbridge last night, with Reece Grant scoring the only goal for the away side.
Leighton had their first shot of the game five minutes in but Tegana James’ shot went just over the bar.
James went down in the box injured after colliding with Sam Gray in the 12th minute, but seven minutes went by before the referee stopped play and allowed Lorenzo Green on to take his place.
Lewis McBride was shown a yellow card in the 24th minute for kicking the ball away after the referee awarded Uxbridge a free kick.
Joe Nyama had a chance to score in the 31st minute but his along the ground shot bobbled straight into Gray’s hands.
An Uxbridge corner, taken by Lewis Cole was cleared by Nyama but only as far as Luke Heneghan and Bradley Kirkwood had to punch the ball clear of danger.
Just before half time Darboe, assisted by Ben Gallant, put Leighton 1-0 up after he caught Gray out of his goal.
The second half saw Uxbridge draw level when a defensive error cost Leighton all three points, as Grant found the back of the net.
The away side could have taken the lead only moments later when Grant had another shot on target but it was cleared well by Nyama.
Abobaker Eisa ran clear of everyone in the 76th minute and managed to cross the ball into the box, but with no one on the back post it was a wasted ball.
A double substitution for the home side saw Josh Murray and Maxwell Ibeto replaced by James Hatch and Kerran Birch.
Hatch came close to putting Leighton into the lead in the 78th minute but his shot hit the side netting, much to everyone’s disappointment.
Grant was lucky not to get sent off in the 86th minute as he fouled Green, having only been booked six minutes before for kicking the ball away.
In the closing minutes of the game Jordan Jenkins managed to deny Uxbridge of the winner as he cleared Eisa shot of the line.
Leighton’s next game is away to Northwood on Saturday 9th April kick off 3pm.
Photo’s and video’s from tonight’s game
Uxbridge FC
Team- Gray, Peden, Thomas, Wiseman, Dennison, Warner, Cole, Heneghan, Woods, Grant, Bates
Subs- Bailey, Carter, Eisa, O’Connor
Leighton Town FC
Team- Kirkwood, Kallon, Ibeto, Nyama, Fagan, Jenkins, McBride, Gallant, Darboe, James, Murray
Subs- Hatch, Hewitt, Moussi, Green, Birch
Attendance- 78
Tuesday Night
With the Easter holidays over I’m back in Harlow to attend the last six weeks of term before a couple of exams and then I’ll be all alone in the big wide world trying to find my first steps either into a journalism career or an animal one.
It’s typical that over the Easter break there were no mid-week fixtures anywhere but as soon as uni starts again there is a fixture the very next day. So on Tuesday 5th April, which is tomorrow, I’ll be driving the 42 miles home to watch Leighton Town vs Uxbridge.
This fixture was originally down to be played on Saturday 5th March at Barton Rovers ground after the boiler broke and no hot water was available at Bell Close. However after a freak snowstorm the match referee called the game off 45 minutes before kick off meaning Uxbridge’s 110-mile journey was completely pointless.
Looking ahead to tomorrow’s game both teams lost their games on Saturday, Uxbridge losing away to Kings Langley 3-1 while Leighton only lost 1-0 to Diamonds in front of their biggest crowd of the season. If Leighton win tomorrow and the team just above them in the league, Aylesbury United lose, they’ll find themselves once again just above the relegation zone, which they’ve been battling with since the start of the season.
Earlier on in the season Leighton travelled to Uxbridge and lost 3-0, hopefully they’ll be able to get their own back and win tomorrow night. Anyone who is interested in attending the game kick off is at 7:45pm and the address is as follows:
Bell Close
Lake Street
Leighton Buzzard
Bedfordshire
LU7 1RX
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